Friday
Mar122010
decay # 36 ~ stuck in my head
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11:57AM 
Decay potpourri • click to embiggenOver the past week or 2 a number of things that I have read have gotten stuck in my head.
I can't seem to shake the thoughts that have been engendered by these various thought thorns. One recent notion in particular is nagging at me like a missed picture making opportunity:
Maybe talking about photography and its qualities is a bit like talking about wine and trying to describe it ... ~ Jörg Colberg @ Conscientious
Feel free to venture an opinion ...
Reader Comments (5)
that photography posted above is clearly not about being pretty.
Should we then stop trying, just because it is difficult, intellectually? We seem to live in a society that praises the hard of thinking and discourages/ridicules those of a thoughtful disposition. So much for civilization.
I rather enjoy discussing the varying tastes/flavors in wine. The same for photography. Sure it takes a bit of slowing down and thinking...
Perhaps Jörg just meant that the process of analyzing photographs is a bit esoteric and subjective, that there is nothing quantifiable nor universal about the qualities?
Unfortunately while for wine we have a vastly developed vocabulary it is not the same for a photo.